Official Languages committee  In other words, when we started—

Official Languages committee  You may have misunderstood me, because that's not exactly what I said.

Official Languages committee  I was talking about the phasing out of the LPIF. Bear in mind that the fund was not created for the purposes of official languages, but for financial reasons.

Official Languages committee  Actually, we were quite surprised. Those living in minority communities were often the most connected, meaning they usually had cable because they received almost no off-air signals. That was equally true on both the anglophone and francophone sides. That is the reason the switch

Official Languages committee  Yes. We did a survey on it at the time.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Less than 2% of those living in minority language communities were receiving off-air service. Actually, I believe the figure was somewhere around 2% or 3%.

Official Languages committee  It depends on the part of the act. One person is in charge of Parts III, IV and V, and another person handles Part VII. Ultimately, I am responsible.

Official Languages committee  I think we—

Official Languages committee  People attended the hearings to raise that issue. From what I observed, it was taken into account. But, as I mentioned, I did not take part in all the discussions. What I can say for sure is fairly limited. However, as I told Mr. Dion, the report is the commission's decision.

Official Languages committee  I know it had a positive effect, especially for CBC/Radio-Canada. With respect to that decision, we said that we would look specifically at that aspect during CBC/Radio-Canada's licence renewal hearings. And we did that, but we have yet to make the decision.

Official Languages committee  Absolutely. Three authorities worked together on that at the time. There was the CRTC, Heritage Canada, where I was back then, and Industry Canada. We even did surveys. Within the CRTC, there was an impact. It is important to understand that—

Official Languages committee  I was not with the CRTC at the time.

Official Languages committee  You said there was hostility. I wasn't there, and I don't recall seeing that in the transcripts. I have been on the job since June, and I can tell you that much of the two-week-long CBC/Radio-Canada hearings, for example, was spent listening to the communities carefully and respe

Official Languages committee  I don't know. I know there was an appeal to cabinet.